Social psychology worksheet with answers

Who proposed social comparison theory, which says people evaluate themselves by comparing with others?

1. ASolomon Asch
2. BStanley Milgram
3. CLeon Festinger
4. DHenri Tajfel

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

1. ASocial facilitation
2. BDeindividuation
3. CGroupthink
4. DSocial loafing

A person's overall evaluation of their own worth is called:

1. ASelf-efficacy
2. BSelf-awareness
3. CSelf-concept
4. DSelf-esteem

In Sherif's autokinetic studies, people judged how far a still dot of light seemed to move. In groups, their estimates converged on a shared norm. This mainly shows:

1. ANormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
2. BInformational influence in an ambiguous situation
3. CSocial loafing as the group task went on
4. DObedience to the experimenter as an authority

Deindividuation refers to:

1. AChoosing not to join any group
2. BLoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
3. CThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence
4. DBecoming more individual when alone

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

1. AThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
2. BSocial identity theory
3. CThe matching hypothesis
4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

1. AIt fell to almost zero
2. BIt rose to every participant obeying
3. CIt was exactly the same as at Yale
4. DIt fell somewhat but remained substantial

Zanna and Cooper gave participants a placebo pill, telling some it would make them tense. After writing a counter-attitudinal essay, those told the pill causes tension showed little attitude change. This supports the idea that:

1. AWriting essays never changes people's attitudes
2. BPlacebo pills themselves cause attitude change
3. CDissonance involves arousal that people try to explain
4. DSelf-perception theory explains all attitude change